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More of the missing schoolgirls are said to be returning home. LONDON and MAIDUGURI -- Nearly seven years after Boko Haram militants snatched them from their dormitory beds in the northeast ...
Maiduguri, Nigeria – It has been nearly a year since 26-year-old Rabiat left the Boko Haram enclave she was held in for close to a decade. In her home in Maiduguri, the northeast Nigerian city ...
As the Chibok girls waited patiently Wednesday to meet the man who signed off on their release – Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari – it was remarkable to see the physical transformation from ...
After more than three years in captivity, 82 of the Chibok schoolgirls have been reunited with their families amid tears, laughter, music and dancing. On an emotional day in the Nigerian capital ...
A government official, center, welcomes some of the 21 recently freed Chibok schoolgirls at the State House in Abuja, Nigeria, in October. (Sunday Aghaeze/Nigeria State House via AP) Jenny Rogers ...
“We have agreed on the release of the Chibok schoolgirls, and we expect to conclude on that at our next meeting with the group’s representative next week in Chad,” he said. The announcement ...
She was found with a baby presumed to be her child. — -- One of the missing Chibok girls kidnapped two years ago by Boko Haram in Nigeria has been found, ABC News has confirmed. The girl ...
The Nigerian army says it has rescued one of the missing Chibok schoolgirls abducted by militant Islamic group Boko Haram a decade ago. Lydia Simon was rescued along with her three children by ...
A documentary by a Nigerian filmmaker on the missing Chibok girls has won an award at the Venice Film Festival. ‘Daughters of Chibok’ won best virtual reality story at the festival’s closing ...
Do you remember those 276 schoolgirls of the rural Chibok community in northern Nigeria that were abducted by Boko Haram terrorists 730 days ago on April 14, 2014? The vast majority of them are ...
The rise in Nigeria of mass abductions of dozens to hundreds of people, especially children, is often traced to the kidnapping by Islamist militants Boko Haram of 276 schoolgirls from Chibok town ...
Mothers of Chibok paints a visceral portrait of courage, faith, and the enduring power of hope. Jamie Patricof, Katie McNeill, Rachel Halilej, Joel ‘Kachi Benson, Samira Mohammad and Adeyinka ...